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published: Thursday | September 13, 2007
Don't appoint the spokesman!
1. The saying is, 'whoever pays the piper, calls the tune' and, it seems that in this case, the one who paid the piper is adamant that the long-serving spokesman should not be appointed to the post!
Challenge to the MP
2. Some say the People's National Party's challenge of Daryl Vaz's constitutional suitability to sit in the House is a blessing in disguise for Bruce Golding and the Jamaica Labour Party. The reasoning here is as long as there is the challenge, Vaz cannot be appointed to any ministerial portfolio.
Bell ringing
3. Don't know if it's a sign of things to come, but the neighbours of one leading supporter of the JLP were more than slightly amused the morning after the elections when they were awakened by the sound of a bell ringing in their upper-crust neighbourhood. Their amusement became all the more entertaining when they looked out their windows, from their balconies, to see that it was the maid walking around and ringing the bell.
High-profile break-up
4. The story doing the rounds is that the first casualty of the elections (apart from the obvious displacement caused by the PNP's loss) is one high-profile break-up, as the rumours that first surfaced during the election campaign,concerning news of a Florida-based mistress and young child, have now intensified to fever-pitch level after the no-show at the recent event.
Role of wife?
5. Did the new Prime Minister acknowledge the sacrifice and or contribution of his wife and family in his acceptance speech on Tuesday?
The wife and mistress
6. The wife and children were suitably and properly seated in the purple-coded section and looking quite impressed with themselves. The mistress was seated in the blue-coded section and was not only impressed by herself and status but was blowing kisses and waving to everyone, just so they would all know!
Seating strikes raw nerve
7. And this seating seemed to have struck a raw nerve in some of the more status-conscious attendees, as many were overheard complaining about the seats they were allotted and or forced to occupy. But none could beat one very irate financial contributor who was going around the grounds bemoaning the fact the he and many of the business and private sector people were forced to sit way in the back!
Spanking wheels!
8. Fearing that some people would accuse them of living too high off the hog way too early in the life of the administration, some activists and party people turned up for the big event in some spanking-new multimillion-dollar wheels and paraded them for all to see.
How long?
9. How long will it be before he is fired so the organisation can re-stake its claim to some kind of credibility?
The real big man!
10. There were a few underlings from the organisation, and they were vocal and visible enough. But almost everyone was asking: "where was the real Big man?"
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published: Thursday | September 13, 2007
Don't appoint the spokesman!
1. The saying is, 'whoever pays the piper, calls the tune' and, it seems that in this case, the one who paid the piper is adamant that the long-serving spokesman should not be appointed to the post!
Challenge to the MP
2. Some say the People's National Party's challenge of Daryl Vaz's constitutional suitability to sit in the House is a blessing in disguise for Bruce Golding and the Jamaica Labour Party. The reasoning here is as long as there is the challenge, Vaz cannot be appointed to any ministerial portfolio.
Bell ringing
3. Don't know if it's a sign of things to come, but the neighbours of one leading supporter of the JLP were more than slightly amused the morning after the elections when they were awakened by the sound of a bell ringing in their upper-crust neighbourhood. Their amusement became all the more entertaining when they looked out their windows, from their balconies, to see that it was the maid walking around and ringing the bell.
High-profile break-up
4. The story doing the rounds is that the first casualty of the elections (apart from the obvious displacement caused by the PNP's loss) is one high-profile break-up, as the rumours that first surfaced during the election campaign,concerning news of a Florida-based mistress and young child, have now intensified to fever-pitch level after the no-show at the recent event.
Role of wife?
5. Did the new Prime Minister acknowledge the sacrifice and or contribution of his wife and family in his acceptance speech on Tuesday?
The wife and mistress
6. The wife and children were suitably and properly seated in the purple-coded section and looking quite impressed with themselves. The mistress was seated in the blue-coded section and was not only impressed by herself and status but was blowing kisses and waving to everyone, just so they would all know!
Seating strikes raw nerve
7. And this seating seemed to have struck a raw nerve in some of the more status-conscious attendees, as many were overheard complaining about the seats they were allotted and or forced to occupy. But none could beat one very irate financial contributor who was going around the grounds bemoaning the fact the he and many of the business and private sector people were forced to sit way in the back!
Spanking wheels!
8. Fearing that some people would accuse them of living too high off the hog way too early in the life of the administration, some activists and party people turned up for the big event in some spanking-new multimillion-dollar wheels and paraded them for all to see.
How long?
9. How long will it be before he is fired so the organisation can re-stake its claim to some kind of credibility?
The real big man!
10. There were a few underlings from the organisation, and they were vocal and visible enough. But almost everyone was asking: "where was the real Big man?"
More Lead Stories
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